Legal Translation in Hong Kong

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TRAN 8008ABF

Course Guide
香港法律翻譯

TRAN 8008ABF

Course Guide

香港法律翻譯

Course Start Date
Sum 2025
Course Level
Postgraduate
Length in Terms
1 term
Credits
3
Language
Chin & Eng
Fees ($) (including lab fees)
Future Terms
Quota and Schedule
Course Start Date
Course LevelLength in TermsCredits
Language
Fees ($) (including lab fees)
Future Terms
Sum 2025
Postgraduate1 term3
Chin & Eng

Course Coordinator:

Dr Kelly Chan, BA (Hons), MA (CityU HK); PhD (Edinburgh)

Aims

The course aims to analyse in-depth the nature and characteristics of legal translation, to identify the linguistic and interpretation problems inherent in more complex texts, and to solve these problems satisfactorily.

Contents

  • Employment
  • Mediation and arbitration
  • Company-related documents (1)
  • Company-related documents (2)
  • Property — Tenancy agreement, sale and purchase agreement
  • Property — Sale and purchase agreement, deed of mutual covenants
  • Probate
  • Matrimonial and family
  • Pleadings
  • Witness statement and revision

Learning support

By taking the course, students should learn to evaluate translated texts in the legal field critically; to translate hands-on and complex legal texts using the skills and techniques covered in the course; and to carry out preliminary research in the field of legal translation.

Assessment

The course assessment is based on continuous assessment (100%), in which the in-class assessment comprises 15%; the research essay, 35%; and the in-class quiz, 50%.

Students are required to submit assignments via the Online Learning Environment (OLE).

Set book(s)

There is no set book for the course.